'48 Ford Rat Rod

[brandunn]

Any news ? i really want to see a few pics if you have

Unfortunately not lately. I just bought a house so I've been working on that getting ready to move. I'll post an update as soon as I get some time to work on it. Good news is the garage at my new house is a lot larger

this is fucking fabulous!

Thanks!

[QUOTE=mekken;1316556]Its turning out beautiful man. That frame is a work of art! I might have missed it but whats the plan for the back window? It looks like the window frame was cut out whole before you chopped it am I right? Im guessing since the window is so small to begin with your gonna section it back in to size match the chopped windows??

Thanks! Yea I cut it out and once I finish up the rest I'm going to fit it in to match. It's still slightly smaller than the other windows so I might get lucky and not need to mess with it too much

[mekken]

Its turning out beautiful man. That frame is a work of art! I might have missed it but whats the plan for the back window? It looks like the window frame was cut out whole before you chopped it am I right? Im guessing since the window is so small to begin with your gonna section it back in to size match the chopped windows??

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[Lukey]

this is fucking fabulous!

[brandunn]

The top has been chopped. I still have a lot of finish welding and little things to do but it has been done. Turned out FAR from perfect but it looks pretty tough

[brandunn]

Been really busy the last week but managed to get a little work done today. I started by trying to get the king pins out of the front axle because the bushings were all worn out and I wanted to clean it all up a bit. I worked and worked and broke a bunch of stuff but they didn't even budge, I ended up cutting the king pins to get the spindles off and cleaned up and I'm going to take the axle to a machine shop. Then I did some more chopping but my bum friends bailed on helping me so I couldn't get it tacked back together but tomorrow I should have done. Finally I just made some reinforcements for the frame





Going to have to pie the roof and stretch it out a bit but here's an idea of what it will look like



46.5 inches!



Didn't get pictures of the other ones.

[brandunn]

Beautiful.
Cant Wait for it to be done

Thanks I'm pretty anxious myself

im in

who posted something bad on page 3 cant see it at work

Thanks

ahhw yisssss,
This is going to be one epic build, jealous of your fabrication skills

definitely subbed

Thanks I appreciate it, nothing that can't be done with out some practice and research

this thing is gonna be gnarly

Thanks man

This thing looks awesome! Maybe I'll get to see it at a show some time if you ever venture to Milwaukee or I end up in Michigan.

Thanks! There are some sweet rat rod shows here in Michigan

[smiles]

This thing looks awesome! Maybe I'll get to see it at a show some time if you ever venture to Milwaukee or I end up in Michigan.

[CubbyChowder]

this thing is gonna be gnarly

[DutchieSaxo]

ahhw yisssss,
This is going to be one epic build, jealous of your fabrication skills

definitely subbed

[am4nf]

im in

who posted something bad on page 3 cant see it at work

[swervninthevan]

Beautiful.
Cant Wait for it to be done

[brandunn]

subbed. love all this fabrication.

Thanks!

I was hoping to chop the roof yesterday but I woke up to like two inches of snow on the ground and it pretty much killed all of my motivation to get out into the garage. I've been out there all winter long so it shouldn't have been a problem but the drop from 60 degrees monday to 30 on tuesday really cramped my style. Anyways I got a little bit done, The front corners of the cab and floor are pretty rotten so the passenger door wasn't closing right so I got that taken care of. I'm going to be building a 2x2 frame under the cab to help support everything which will definitely be key once I cut the floor up for the trans and drive shaft tunnel. Anyways I put the cab on the frame and snapped some photos. Chop next monday.






^^ Don't mind the 2x4 tubing, thats holding everything together on that side for the moment^^

[evilstar]

subbed. love all this fabrication.

[brandunn]

So damn awesome! Looks great!

Thanks man!

[Randomofodication]

So damn awesome! Looks great!